Citation, commencement and application

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as The Housing (Interim Management Orders) (Prescribed Circumstances) (England) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006.

(2) This Order applies to houses in England to which section 103 of the Housing Act 2004(“the Act”) applies( 2 ).

Prescribed circumstances for authorisation of interim management orders to which this Order applies

2. —(1) The following circumstances are prescribed for the purposes of section 103(3) of the Act—

(a) the area in which the house is located is experiencing a significant and persistent problem caused by anti-social behaviour( 3 );

(b) that problem is attributable, in whole or in part, to the anti-social behaviour of an occupier of the house;

(c) the landlord of the house is a private sector landlord;

(d) the landlord of the house is failing to take action to combat that problem that it would be appropriate for him to take; and

(e) the making of an interim management order, when combined with other measures taken in the area by the local housing authority, or by other persons together with the local housing authority, will lead to a reduction in, or elimination of, that problem.

(2) In this article “private sector landlord” does not include a registered social landlord within the meaning of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996( 4 ).